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  • What is it?

    A range of skills that students use to regulate themselves, learn to identify and manage their feelings and thoughts, and plan and monitor their behaviour.

    Over time, children need to move from being regulated by adults to regulating themselves.

    Many people use the metaphor of self-regulation being an air traffic controller in the mind - managing the many thoughts and feelings that come with the challenges and expectations of life, like trying to land planes safely at the airport. The self-regulator has to let some planes land quickly, and ask others to fly around a bit more while helping others take off.

    If anxiety and stress become too much, it can prevent people from managing all of their planes (thoughts and feelings) and cause some to crash or not take off.

    How does it show?

    Whenever we need to reach a goal, we need to regulate ourselves.

    For example: being a good friend, learning new things, doing the right thing as a teacher or parent, or handling a challenge, we need to do things in the right order.

    First, we think about the situation, then decide what to do, then take the first steps, and keep track of the right steps, until we finally reach the goal.
     

    What can we do to stimulate?

    We can:

    • Think about our feelings and thoughts and become more AWARE. We can think about different options before we act.

    • first PLAN, then move.

    • STOP for a while.

    • MONITOR the situation.

    • Consider different ALTERNATIVES.

    • Decide on STRATEGIES.

    • Look at how others do it.

    • Ask for assistance.

    • Do things together with the pupils to help them become independently skilled.

    • Be a role model in self-regulation.

    • Reason with the students about different options, the steps they can take and follow up